Turpentine-cup.



L. T. BAKER. TURPBNTINE CUP.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1911. 1 1 n if u 8 VIM LEWIS T. BAKER, OFPENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

TUErENTrivE-CUP.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 611,840.v

Application filed March 2, 1911.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, LEwIs T. BAKER, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Pensacola, in the county of Escambia andState of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTurpentine-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the art of producing turpentine, andparticularly to-turpentine cups.

The invention has for its primary object an improved turpentine cupwhich may be easily formed out of sheet metal and which will be strongand durable when completed and of such shape as to render it easy toremove the contents with a square paddle or similar implement, and whichwill be so formed that it will have a maximum capacity relative to thesize of the blank sheet out of which it is formed, and which may be veryeasily bent into the required shape, out

of the sheet, and clamped together without the use `of rivets or similarfastening devices.

The invention also has for its object a simple sheet metal turpentinecup which may be formed out of a square sheet of metal with practicallyno waste. And the invention also aims to generally improve this class ofdevices, to simplify the manufacture of the same, and to render themmore useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing d escription and accompanying drawing, 1n which:

Figure 1 is a view showing the applicationA of one embodiment of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parts folded preparatory to beingclamped together; Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough another embodiment of the device; Fig.`5 is a view of the blankout of which the cup may be formed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying draw-ving by the same reference characters.

In carrying out the manufacture of my cup, I take a square piece ofsheet metal, and fold it diagonally along parallel lines such as thosedesignated t in Fig. 5, I then bring together the opposite sides uponlines c (3o-extensive downwardly converging fiat portions meeting in amiddle bottom edge 4. The side edges of the two downwardly inclined andconverging portions of the bottom 3 are defined, where they meet theinclined lower side edges of the sides 2, by the spaced diagonal linesa, before referred to, as regards the flat blank out of which the cup isformed. In order to hold the iiaps l in place and reinforce the parts,the upper edges or margins of the sides 2 are formed with flanges 5which are crimped outwardly and downwardly over the flaps and theremaining portions of the sides so as to secure the latter, and hold theflaps in place. Correspondingly the upper edges of the bottom 3 arecrimped upon themselves as indicated at 6 for the purpose ofreinforcement, it being of course understood that small portions of thecorners of the sheet are clipped oft', either before or after the cuphas been shaped.

While it is tol be understood that I may use, in connection with a cupof this character, any form or construction of apron or the like toinsure the flow of the guln down into the cup, I preferably use an apronsuch as that illustrated in Fig. l, comprising two strips 7 of sheetmetal pivotally connected together at their overlapping ends asindicated at 8 and having turned up lower edges 9 designed to produce agutter to open down into the cup, each of said strips 7 being formedwith a hole 10 through which a nail or the like may be driven so as toSecure the apron to the tree just above the cup. This manner of securingthe apron in place renders it easy to take the apron down and easy toput it up, and also precludes the liability of the three growing up onthe apron to prevent it from being detached, when desired.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be understood that in the practical use of a cupconstructed in accordance with my invent-ion, the cup is formed in oneside with a ,slot l1 designed to receive two nails driven into the tree,whereby the cup may be suspended therefrom without any danger of tippingover to` one side or the other. The cup is thus, or in any other way,suspended from the `tree :and the apron is secured in a suitable kerf,above which latter a chipping is `made as indicated in Fig. '2 to makethe gum flow, the gum running over the strip of bark which separates thechipping from thel kerf so as to drop Yinto Vthe apron and be directedthereby into the cup, from whence it may be removed'easily by a iiatpaddle or similar implement, this operation being faciltated by theshape of the cup.

What kI :claim is:

1. A turpentine' cup, constructed of a single sheet of materialembodying parallel sides folded upon themselves to form two side flaps,the iap of one side extending in a .direction opposite to the flap ofthe other f Side, the upper edges of the sides being crimped. uponthemselves and upon the aps to secure the flaps in position, and abottom joined to the sides, the bottom consisting of two downwardlyconverging (3o-extensive portions meeting at the middle of the cup.

2. A blank for a turpentine cup, consisting of a substantiallyrectangular sheet, having two parallel fold lines extending diagonallyacross.the sheet from one corner to the opposite corner, four other foldlines extending at right angles to the edges of the sheet from whichthey extend inwardly toward the first named lines and meet the latter atthe middle thereof, and a single diagonal fold line extending at rightangles to the first-named fold lines, the edges of the blank being cutaway from points where the secondenamed fold lines meet the edges of thecorners met by the single diagonal line, to produce flanges, for thepurpose speciied. l

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LEWIS T. BAKER. [L s] Witnesses:

' C. J. BROWN, A. H. BAKER.

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